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Jurisdiction

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This is a brief cross-reference entry. For the full topic material click the following topic: Church and state.

Jurisdiction names the question of which authority — civil or religious — properly governs a given matter, a recurring tension in scripture as kings, priests, and prophets each press, exceed, or yield their proper sphere in the life of Israel and the early church.

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